Wheel.



PATENTED JUNE 13, 1905.

. H. T. HANSEN.

WHEEL.

APPLIGATION FILED APE.16.1904.

DNTTED STAT S Patented June 13, 1905.

PATENT Orrrca.

WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,026, dated June 13,1905. Application filed April 16, 1904. Serial No. 203,457.

0 (LIZ 1072/0722 it may concern:

Be it known that I, I'IANS THEODORE HAN- SEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee andState of Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWheels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improve ments in wheels, the purpose ofwhich is to provide a durable tread for the wheel which will becomparatively cheap and at the same time take a good hold of anyordinary pavement, so that it may be adapted to the use ofmotor-vehicles which are propelled by the retation of the wheels.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a face View of the complete wheel, showingone form of my improved tire, a portion being broken away to disclosethe construction; and Fig. 2 is a partial diametrical section andpartial edge view of the wheel.

Referring to the drawings, the preferred embodiment of my inventiontherein shown consists of a wheel-center A, having a circumferentialchannel a, formed by annular flanges a In this channel are placed twoannular rows of keystone-shaped blocks B, set edgewise to present theirends to the pavement and staggered so as to break joints. Each series isformed upon its outer lateral surface with a shoulder 19, and metalrings 6 are fitted to these shoulders and secured tightly' thereon,preferably by shrinking them upon the wheel in the manner of theordinary wheel-tire. This will serve to draw the blocks tightly againstthe wheel-center and also, because of their keystone shape,

will crowd the blocks tightly together. The rings and blocks may befurther secured together by means of bolts 7%, passed transverselythrough the wheel, if desired.

I realize the possibility of more or less variation in form andconstruction of my invention, and I therefore do not intend to limitmyself to the specific details herein shown and described.

I claim as new Letters Patent 1. The combination with a wheel-ce11terhaving a peripheral channel, of a row of blocks seated in said channel,shoulders upon the outer lateral faces of said blocks and bands shrunkon said shoulders, said bands lying entirely within the periphery of thewheel whereby the blocks project between the bands and form the entiretread of the wheel.

2-. In a device of the class described, the combination with awheel-center, having a peripheral channel, of a row of blocks fitted insaid channel, shoulders upon the outer lateral faces of said blocks,annular bands, L- shaped in cross-section, shrunk upon said shouldersand serving to crowd the blocks against the wheel-center and to protectthe corners of the shoulders.

In witness whereof I have signed the above application for LettersPatent, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of ia consin,this 7th day of April, A. D. 1904.

HANS THEODORE HANSEN.

Witnesses G. V. D. Trrswonrn, h/IARK FoRREsT.

and desire to secure by

